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Obama mulls giving the Islamic State what it wants and removing Assad

Nov 13, 2014 9:48 am By Robert Spencer

KerryAssadThe fact that this is even being considered shows that Obama doesn’t take seriously the Islamic State’s proclamations that it is a new caliphate that is going to keep on trying to expand. He thinks they’re just fighting to get Assad removed, and so if he obliges them, they will melt away. But who does he think will replace Assad? Does he seriously think he can find someone who can immediately marshal enough support to be able to withstand the Islamic State? If he picks an Alawite, the ruler will have the same problems Assad does. If he picks a Sunni, the Islamic State leaders will say he is an apostate puppet of the Westerners, and fight on. Meanwhile, the disruption in Syria will give an opportunity to the Islamic State, which will be the force best situated to take advantage of a power vacuum in Syria.

So what Obama is saying is that to defeat the Islamic State, we have to let the Islamic State win. And you can see his point — at least then it will be out of the headlines and he won’t have to be constantly hearing about it. Or so he thinks.

“Sources: Obama seeks new Syria strategy review to deal with ISIS, al-Assad,” by Elise Labott, CNN, November 13, 2014:

Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama has asked his national security team for another review of the U.S. policy toward Syria after realizing that ISIS may not be defeated without a political transition in Syria and the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, senior U.S. officials and diplomats tell CNN.

The review is a tacit admission that the initial strategy of trying to confront ISIS first in Iraq and then take the group’s fighters on in Syria, without also focusing on the removal of al-Assad, was a miscalculation.

Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that he had also heard that the White House was shifting its strategy, in part because Turkey and other Gulf states — which are hosting refugees from Syria — were pushing for the removal of Assad.

In just the past week, the White House has convened four meetings of the President’s national security team, one of which was chaired by Obama and others that were attended by principals like the secretary of state. These meetings, in the words of one senior official, were “driven to a large degree how our Syria strategy fits into our ISIS strategy.”

“The President has asked us to look again at how this fits together,” one senior official said. “The long-running Syria problem is now compounded by the reality that to genuinely defeat ISIL, we need not only a defeat in Iraq but a defeat in Syria.” The U.S. government refers to ISIS as ISIL.

Multiple senior administration officials and diplomats spoke with CNN on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions. The White House referred questions about the review to the State Department.

Meanwhile, other sources denied to CNN that Obama has ordered a review, but admit there is concern about some core aspects of the strategy. A senior administration official, responding to a CNN report, says there is an ongoing discussion and “constant process of recalibration.”

“There’s no formal strategy review of our Syria policy. What there is is a strategy for degrading and ultimately destroying ISIL that requires us to take a hard look at what we’re doing on a regular basis,” said Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser.

” And, as you know we’ve had regular meetings that the President has joined with his national security team on this issue and Syria has been an important subject at those meetings. And I think the President wants to make sure that we’re asking hard questions about what we’re targeting in Syria, how we’re able to degrade ISIL but also how we’re supporting opposition and building them up as a counterweight to ISIL but also ultimately of course to the Assad regime.”

And Alistair Baskey, spokesman for the National Security Council, said in a statement Wednesday evening, “The strategy with respect to Syria has not changed: While the immediate focus remains to drive ISIL out of Iraq, we and coalition partners will continue to strike at ISIL in Syria to deny them safe haven and to disrupt their ability to project power.”

He added, “Assad has been the biggest magnet for extremism in Syria, and the President has made clear that Assad has lost all legitimacy to govern. Alongside our efforts to isolate and sanction the Assad regime, we are working with our allies to strengthen the moderate opposition …”…

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  1. zulu says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:06 am

    By removing Assad, Obama will make the Islamic State one of the strongest groups in the region, and their plans to take more territory will move into phase two: Lebannon, Jordan and Israel will be next on their agenda.

    Perhaps Obama really does believe that the Islamic State will no longer have aspirations for more territory and that they will not attack the US if we let them have their Caliphate. Or, maybe Obama really is the Manchurian (Muslim Brotherhood) candidate!

    • wildjew says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 12:20 pm

      Yours is the point or question Jerusalem post columnist Martin Sherman posed a week or so back in an interview; paraphrasing. Does Barack Obama see the instability and the chaos he’s sown in the region as “failure or success?”

    • bindon blood says

      Nov 14, 2014 at 9:55 am

      The only way this problem will be solved involves a lot of money,men and resolve .The whole region needs to be completely occupied by an alliance of Western troops under the leadership of the U.S.Once this is done it will be necessary to remain in these countries for the forseeable future. In short,they need to be re-colonised. This would not be easy as certain other countries would object strongly and possibly violently but if a strong enough coalition of nations existed objections could be faced down. Re-colonisation would mean a constant out going of money and a regular and sustained attack on the coalition forces by jihadists which would result in regular loss of life amoung the coalition armies. But the countries involved could be stabilised,governed and eventually weaned off of Islam. There is no other way therefore the problem will remain because the West does not have the will or the courage to do this in the present age.

      • Charlie Griffith says

        Nov 14, 2014 at 8:05 pm

        Re:
        “The only way this problem will be solved involves a lot of money,men and resolve .The whole region needs to be completely occupied by an alliance of Western troops under the leadership of the U.S.”

        This American [U.S.A.F. Korean Era veteran and now octogenarian] strenuously disagrees with that knee-perk assessment that American blood and dollars harvested by unintended “others” is the universal answer to the World’s problems, yet again, in particular the World’s current problem du jour – these butchering Muslims, stretching from Morocco to Sinkiang [old spelling], the southern Philippines, and the whole of the Indonesian archipelago. Literally uncounted millions unto a billion plus of fluid loyalties and mercurial shifting alliances.

        There simply can be no longer be any “alliance” of Western troops under the “leadership of the U.S.” to cope with this Muslim threat.

        Look at N.A.T.O. and how it has dissipated, now being another semi-fractious, under financed, lacking sufficient manpower and materiel, a group standing rather aloof other than their token forces while we Americans are tacitly expected to bear the main brunt of active warfare. This is of course mirrored on a larger scale by the United Nations, or, more aptly, those nations united against America. Look how the U.N. has degenerated since that idealistic San Francisco Conference.

        Since 1917 we Americans have become reluctantly, understandably, to become entangled in European affaires, which has of course evolved into Global Affaires after Lend Lease, Normandy, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, the Korean Peninsula, The Cold War, Viet Nam, Taiwan – on and on and on.

        Not forgetting the Marshall Plan, and, after a semblance of normalcy seemed on the way to being established inside Europe and rebuilding seemed complete, there was the spreading graffiti, “Americans Go Home”.

        During the 1960’s, le grande Charles deGaulle famously decreed, “All Americans out of France”, to which the then Secy. of State, Dean Rusk is alleged to’ve quipped, “Does he mean out of the American Cemeteries in France also?”

        Now, in a nearby comment, someone has posted, “The only way this problem will be solved involves a lot of money,men and resolve .The whole region needs to be completely occupied by an alliance of Western troops under the leadership of the U.S.”

        No.

  2. Sam says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:08 am

    Obama is nothing but an arragant, brainwashed IDIOT. With an obvious hatred for America and Americans. Anyone who does not see this by now falls in the same category.

    • gts58 says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 1:36 pm

      But, but, but – he’s our first Black POTUS and we must not offend Black voters who we all know are the most unbiased and knowledgeable voters in the world. Obama must not be allowed to fail – he must be protected at all costs even if the destroys America. Blacks must not be criticized – ever as they are obviously superior to the rest of us peons!

  3. IQ al Rassooli says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:09 am

    Obama is DELUSIONAL and extremely dangerous if he thinks that Russia’s Putin will allow such an end game

    As we speak, al Sistani (the highest Shia leader in Iraq) had given a FATWA (Islamic religiously sanctioned command) for all Shias in Iraq & Syria to fight back against ISIS in a war of EXTERMINATION

    The Western News Media are NOT telling their people that as we speak, the Iraqi army has already taken over several towns and cities from ISIS

    Also the media is not telling that areas that were controlled by ISIS have rebelled against them

    IQ al Rassooli
    Kafir & Proud!

    • mortimer says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 am

      Thank you for your background info. These tribal and sectarian hatreds are beyond belief to a Westerner! You understand them, because that is your backyard.

      The Allawites have provided 100 years of relative stability in Syria. They should continue if they can defend the human rights of Sunnis.

    • gts58 says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 1:43 pm

      And you can bet if the Iraqi Army is successful, Obama will try to take the credit.

  4. somehistory says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:15 am

    Jesus said, “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on earth anguish of nations, not knowing the way out due to the roaring of the sea and its agitation (Luke 21:25-28).”
    The “roaring of the sea”…from where the beast comes (Revelation 13).

    IMO: take the Bible and concentrate on understanding what Jesus said and meant, the books of Daniel and Revelation and if there is time, Isaiah and Ezekiel.
    Nothing the *wh* does can change any of what is going to take place.

    • john spielman says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 1:01 pm

      agreed, but the obamanation who sit in the Oval office is acting alot like he’s aligned himself with the Beast of Revation

    • john spielman says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 1:50 pm

      Dear Harry; just wait. In the end, we will all jnow if the Bible is correct. If/when there is a Judgement Day and Jesus is sitting on His throne, we can compare notes.

      • somehistory says

        Nov 13, 2014 at 2:34 pm

        John, I agree with your assessment of the way o is acting and has acted since he came on the scene.
        And the future always has a way of arriving and proving some people right and others wrong. Just like when Isaiah said the earth was a circle (Isaiah 40:22) and it was later proven true, although many had thought it flat.
        One of the most interesting things to me is the prophecy of what was to happen to ancient Babylon by the armies of Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)…foretold 200 years before the event of Babylon’s overthrow by the Medes and Persians.
        Now, we live in dangerous times and the Bible has much to say about how it will all turn out for the good of all who want to do right. There are many with whom I look forward to *comparing notes.*

    • Champ says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 4:42 pm

      harry jones wrote:

      Both Islam and Christianity, as well as Judaism, came out of the same superstitious, provincial minds. It is dark ages BS!

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Well, say what you will, but the fact of the matter is that all *three* faiths are very much active and present in our world today …

      And given harry jones above remarks, I have to wonder if he is “objective” enough to rationally distinguish the clear difference between all *three* faiths and how they are acted out today.

      One of Robert Spencer’s books would certainly help clear up his confusion:

      “Religion of Peace?: Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t”

      Christianity or Islam: which is the real “religion of peace”?

      Almost any liberal pundit will tell you that there’s a religion bent on destroying our Constitution, stripping us of our liberties, and imposing religious rule on the U.S. And that religion is . . .Christianity! About Islam, however, the Left is silent–except to claim a moral equivalence between the two: if Islam has terrorists today, that’s nothing compared to the Crusades, inquisitions, and religious wars in Christianity’s past.

      But is this true? Are conservative Christians really more of a threat to free societies than Islamic jihadists? Is the Bible really “just as violent” as the Qur’an? Is Christianity’s history really as bloodstained as Islam’s? In Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t, New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer not only refutes such charges, but also explains why Americans and Europeans must regain an appreciation of our Christian heritage if we ever hope to defeat Islamic supremacism. In this eye opening work, Spencer reveals:

      * The fundamental differences between Islamic and Christian teachings about warfare against other religions: “Love your enemies” vs. “Be ruthless to the unbelievers”

      * The myth of Western immorality and Islamic puritanism and why the Islamic world is less moral than the West

      * Why the Islamic world has never developed the distinction between religious and secular law that is inherent in Christianity

      * Why Christianity has always embraced reason–and Islam has always rejected it

      * Why the most determined enemies of Western civilization may not be the jihadists at all, but the leftists who fear their churchgoing neighbors more than Islamic terrorists

      * Why Jews, Christians, and peoples of other faiths (or no faith) are equally at risk from militant Islam

      Spencer writes not to proselytize, but to state a fact: Christianity is a true “religion of peace,” and on it Western civilization stands. If we are not to perish under Islam’s religion of the sword–with its more than 100 million active jihadists seeking to impose sharia law–we had better defend our own civilization.

      http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Peace-Christianity-Islam-Isnt/dp/1596985151

    • somehistory says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 6:10 pm

      Harry,
      You write of things you know not and the future will show you where you err. Until then, it’s nice when people can disagree with others here without flinging insults.
      The day just may come when you wish you had more Christian, Bible-believing neighbors, and fewer of those who think jihad and islam offer you good choices.

      • somehistory says

        Nov 14, 2014 at 4:32 pm

        harry, since your parents or someone named you that, (couldn’t resist, but all in fun)

        I have read a lot of history, esp as it concerns religion and cultures and am fully aware of the blood of humans being poured out to *gods* and of animals being sacrificed to the God of the Bible by the Hebrew peoples. While reading over your reply to me, I did not see anything new, anything I had not read before from many and varied sources.
        However, I go back to what the *beginning* was…to the time when humans were answerable only to their Creator…aren’t children answerable to their parents for their behavior as long as they continue as children?…and what was expected of them, and by extension, all the rest of us as long as we remain His creation.

        Now, as a non-believer in the Bible, you won’t accept that as a beginning, but I do. There is no good reason not to and plenty of reason…from history and from science…to accept it as a beginning for mankind.
        Men (and some women) dominate men, women and children to their injury. It has been so ever since Cain was jealous of Abel and killed him. One could even say that Adam dominated Eve when he referred to her as, “That woman,” and blamed her for his sin.

        That too you may not accept, but you have to accept that brother kills brother today, father kills son/daughter, mother kills children, man kills wife and wife kills husband. It has been happening and will go on happening until the God of the Bible, our Creator, puts an end to it. He will one day be the Sole Arbiter of what humans do…no other people bossing around, making decisions for other people…all Laws will come from Him and any directions, rewards or judgment will also.

        The God of the Bible, the one who is Creator of mankind, never wanted men or women to kill other humans, never to sacrifice humans to Him. And He didn’t kill His Son. The Romans, egged on by enemies of Christ, killed Jesus. They in turn, were egged on by satan the devil who had tried to have Jesus killed when he was a baby…yes, even to have him killed before he could be born by having Mary accused of adultery.
        He is referred to as “Lamb of God” because He was to bring an end to all the sacrifices of the Jews for forgiveness of sins. Many of their sacrifices were of lambs. People understand hard topics better if analogy or picture words are used in explanations. Think picture books for children and you may see my point.

        Now, I realize that you don’t agree with what I have written anymore than I agree with your pov that humans will one day live without *religion*…I prefer to refer to *faith* …except for *yoga* and by diet and other stuff, humans will one day reach…shall I say, nirvana?

        I believe, and have for many years, many years over which time I have witnessed the behavior of muslims and been personally affected by the behavior of some muslims and I have experienced a mild jihad by one muslim in particular, that one day, our Creator will end islam and those who willfully practice its barbarity in its many forms. I used the term *somehistory* because of my personal history with muslims and their jihad, this being jihadwatch.

        Even if I did not believe in a Divine Being, I would still recognize the danger we face from islam and its supporters of jihad in all its forms and that that danger is far greater than I have ever faced from Jews…I have been treated kindly by Jews…or from believers in Christ.
        That’s a small piece of my history…or story…my pov and I’m sticking with it.

    • Wolfgang says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 8:27 pm

      as we used to say in the Army…….another SNAFU !……………the more I read of this one world idea’s man, the more I want to see him gone and all his cronies with him, I used to vote, now I am too disgusted to vote, how come no one ever asks how a complete unknown get’s to the WH ?, Bush 2 and Bush 1 had been Governors and known in Politics for a long time before becoming CNC, the utter cynic in me say’s , no way, not possible unless there is serious behind the scene’s money backing him for a ulterior motive that Joe Public cannot know about.

  5. Guest says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:19 am

    How dangerous it is to indulge such terrorists! In its selfishness the US of A has messed with world by creating terrorist groups such as the Taliban and by waging needless wars. Looks like the US has not learnt its lesson from the WTC attack. Economically and militarily weaker nations have to pay a price for the monstrosities of the US. Shame on Obama, shame on the US!

    • john spielman says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 1:45 pm

      nonsense! islamic terrorism is as old as islam is. Look at Maylasia, North Africa, Nigeria etc. Did the USA create Boko Haram in Nigeria or Al Shabbab in Somalia? How about he millions of Hindus slaughtered in
      India during the muslim conquest 14th century ?

  6. Beagle says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:38 am

    US leadership of both parties never learns anything from repeatedly decapitating governments in the Middle East and causing one failed state after another. Apparently never learning the lessons of history is part of our American exceptionalism.

    They can’t all be that stupid, right? So what’s going on?

  7. Charli Main says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:40 am

    “So what Obama is saying is that to defeat the Islamic State, we have to let the Islamic State win”
    Judging from Obama’s stealth policies over the last few years, I suspect that letting the Islamic State take over the Middle East has always been his plan.
    That way he can become the hero of the Islamic world, the new Saladdin that destroyed the hated Jews and Christians, by proxy.

    • JoePk says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 11:25 am

      Western leaders may be thinking that having a caliphate may be better than not having one. Why? Currently, islamists can crop up any time, anywhere, and do great damage. A caliphate with sufficient standing among the world’s muslim population can help to keep the army of “lone wolves” under control, provided the caliphate itself is kept under control.

      I think the west will both assist and attack the caliphate as needed. The attacks will increase the caliphate’s standing among muslims, and hopefully persuade it to stop the lone wolves from acting. Assistance would be provided to keep the caliphate from failing.

      What could go wrong with this plan? The caliphate and the world’s muslims may prefer to continue stepping up their attacks on the west, and gaining territory ….

      If what I’ve described here is the western leaders’ actual plan, they may not have thought it through. It wouldn’t be the first time. They are rarely as smart as they think they are.

  8. nacazo says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 10:58 am

    just the fact that they are still using ISIL to refer to them shows that the White House is so behind the events that it is pathetic. Totally reactive to some reality that is no longer there.

    • nacazo says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 11:10 am

      Imagine FDR referring to the German Empire because thats what Germans used to call themselves in The First World War and not as the Third Reich as the Germans called themselves in the Second World War.

  9. Muhammad Bear says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 11:12 am

    The overthrow of Assad was the endgame all along.

    After the Obama administration was caught arming and financing Al Qaeda to attack Assad and blaming chemical attacks on the Assad regime they needed to step back and regroup.

    Al Qaeda needed a rebrand. This rebrand was ISIS. ISIS is still being funded and supported covertly by the CIA and the Obama Administration. They want to overthrow Assad.

    The reason is that Assad has enough missiles to overwhelm Israel’s anti-missile defences, through an avalanche of missiles, which would leave Israel vulnerable to Iran’s medium range missiles. Assad needs to be removed before Iran can be attacked.

    That is the reason for supporting the Islamic State to overthrow Assad.

    I agree with a previous poster that it will be interesting to watch Russia’s response, and whether it will allow the overthrow of its ally and only sea base in the region. Putin, a couple of weeks ago, made an extraordinary speech calling out the bankers and military industrial complex who control governments around the world. Putin also said if they don’t step back it will lead to war. Of course, this was largely unreported by the Western Media; it was reported by Russian media.

    We can see a new cold war developing. Obama is playing a very dangerous game. One he is being manipulated into and one he does not understand.

    • mortimer says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 11:23 am

      Thanks for this. But why does Russia see Iran as an ally?

      • Muhammad Bear says

        Nov 13, 2014 at 11:39 am

        There are many reasons. I don’t profess to know the primary reason. There is quite a bit of history between the two allies.

        There could be a bit of the enemy of my enemy is my friend mentality going back to the Cold War and the Iran/Iraq conflict when both superpowers sponsored different sides. Perhaps the CIA’s involvement in overthrowing Mossadegh drove Iran towards Russia.

        Today, there is certainly the motivation of trade and commerce. I think Russia and Iran just signed a new oil deal ($20bn?). This was quite probably driven by the sanctions placed on Russia. As with Mossadegh, ostracism has driven both countries towards each other.

        As you know, Putin had a purge on Russian Oligarchs many years ago. Many of these have now taken up residence in London. Given what happened under Communism (financed by and looted by Wall Street) Putin has a natural aversion to bankers. Iran is one of the few countries without a Rothschild controlled central bank. This would at the very least make Putin less suspicious of dealing with the Iranians.

        There may be other factors of which I am not aware and I wouldn’t claim to know the driving factor.

    • gts58 says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      With Obama, it is high time someone starts to consider his mental competency!
      We all know he was raised in a culture of “anti Americanism” from his maternal Mother and Father, Grandparents and communist mentors. And he continues to surround himself with like minded thinkers like Valerie Jarrett who spoil, coddle and pamper him like the ill-tempered man-child he is! Am sure she tells him he is still the King of the World and ensures he has his little Prophet Muhammad doll to sleep next too!

    • Wolfgang says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 10:04 pm

      @Muhammad Bear

      Obama is not a ” smart man Jenny” as Forest Gump say’s, but is cunning enough to not bite the hand[s] that feed him, so while removing Assad is still the goal of the CIA and Mossad, his concern is not getting scapegoated while he is CIC, after all playing Golf and having a nice cushy job waiting for him at Harvard is his goal.

  10. Don McKellar says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 11:21 am

    When you open an empy sealed container underwater and let out the air, what fills the void inside? Does some kind of magical ether enter? Or is it filled in with rushing water?

    George The Idiot Bush went too far with the greed of Big Oil and the Military Industrial Complex who ran his administration for him, and a disaster for the American Public resulted as he overthrew an originally American backed tyrant (the standard American policy in the MIddle East up until then) and foolishly tried to force democracy on moslems. Obama has strayed from the old American policy established policy COMPLETELY and has decided to go with the Islamic theocracies. Perhaps he has done this out of leftist ignorance to the reality of Islam, perhaps even the darkest conspiracy theories about him have some truth — who knows? In any case, moslems and Islam itself only know how to function under military dictatorships or theocracies for any extended period of time. It is their nature. By removing Assad the dictator, only one other alternative will fill the void. And it ain’t going to be the ether called moslem democracy.

  11. Judi says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 11:51 am

    Every patriotic American must watch this. Frank Gaffney interviews Jack Cashill, author of ‘You Lie, Omissions, Fabrications, Frauds and outright Falsehoods of Barack OBAMA’.

    • somehistory says

      Nov 13, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      Watched it. Thanks for the link.

  12. Ivan Bogdanov says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    He added, “Assad has been the biggest magnet for extremism in Syria, and the President has made clear that Assad has lost all legitimacy to govern. Alongside our efforts to isolate and sanction the Assad regime, we are working with our allies to strengthen the moderate opposition …”…

    The clown in the White House is the one has “lost all legitimacy to govern”.

    More Later….

  13. salamander says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    Get rid of old Bashar that should do the trick, hope poor old Turkey doesn’t come under the caliphate magnifying glass, no more sitting on a wobbly fence then for the traitorous bastards.

  14. abad says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Obama is proving to be the most dangerous president the United States of America has ever had.

    The fact that a Muslim was elected for two terms as POTUS, right after 9-11 tells you something.

    Time to impeach Obama.

  15. gts58 says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    Obama and his incompetent administration, (Kerry & Hagel) are playing right into ISIS hands. As they will fill the vacuum/void when Assad is gone. Obama is a world class fool – the ultimate affirmative action failure and if not stopped, he will end up completely destroying America.

  16. Everyone Else says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    OBAMA THE SUNNI CALIPH

    From day one Obama has been working for the Sunni oil religious monarchs, and they are the ones who want to defeat Assad. Assad has been running an inclusive secular stable regime, hoping the rest of the world would see the underlying basic truths of the area. Unfortunately the media has been blinded or bought, and so this will have to be fought in blood.

    Obama instinctively bows to King Saud, while chewing gum with the President of China. If that doesn’t illustrate his true feelings then nothing does. Thank goodness Putin knows what’s going on and has the strength and courage to try and support Assad.

  17. Wolfgang says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    Now…….back this ass licker Cameron in Australia for the G20 summit……with Abbott and Cameron drinking from the same ISIS cup of……” ISIS is NOT Islam.

    to Quote from from Cameron pissing in Abbott’s pocket …………………..

    “The root of this threat is the extremist narrative,” he said.

    “We must continue to celebrate Islam AS A GREAT RELIGION OF PEACE .”
    [ Note……the religion of peace ” }

    Mr Cameron was welcomed to Parliament with effusive praise for the Australia-Britain relationship from both Mr Abbott and opposition leader Bill Shorten.

    If any of you on JW think Abbott is on to what ISIS is all about, your delusional……keep dreaming…..

    http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/11/14/11/12/david-cameron-to-address-australian-parliament

  18. Custos Custodum says

    Nov 13, 2014 at 11:23 pm

    Sad to have been right about Obama’s increasingly blatant treachery:

    ORIGINAL POST:

    Custos Custodum
    September 19, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    That’s the goal of this administration: give ISIL time to consolidate its power.

    Precisely. Moreover, Obama’s real aim is to HAND SYRIA TO ISIS.

    Obama personally enjoys the teenage rebel sense of “cool” at helping a Muslim terror organization take power and rape and murder non-believers. Obama’s backers in Qatar and Turkey have their strategic visions which may or may not pan out in the long run.

    We need to be much more aware of the massive degree to which the media, Federal and state governments, and private entities have been neutralized by PAID FOREIGN AGENTS at the highest reaches.

    Particularly dangerous is the technique of post-retirement pay-offs/sinecures for senior government officials whose colleagues quickly learn the value of being on the good side of the Saudis, Qatar, George Soros, Carlos Slim etc.

  19. SpiritOf1683 says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 2:09 am

    Its not just the US who is plagued with having a fool in charge, we in Britain are as well. Camreon’s latest ‘tough’ policy to those British-born Muslims who leave to join ISIS today amounts to “You are free to come back again in December 2016”. What a complete and utter ignoramus. Once they go, they should be gone permanently with no return, ever.

    • Wolfgang says

      Nov 16, 2014 at 8:40 pm

      @spiritof1863

      Australia and NZ have the same problem……..Muslim power is rising in NZ as well. They are flooding into NZ, a friend who works in immigration tells me tens of thousands are expected by the end of 2014. In 2015 the NZ government is predicting 40 thousand …..

  20. SpiritOf1683 says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 2:11 am

    Oops, I got acouple of letters the wrong way round in Cameron’s name. It should now be Camoron, which is more appropriate.

  21. King Dave says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 9:24 am

    Appeasement.

    Interestingly enough, the Obama administration has refused to sell weapons to the Nigerian army in their fight against boko haram.

    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigerian-ambassador-blasts-us-refusal-sell-arms-26826960

    Clearly an agenda

    • SpiritOf1683 says

      Nov 14, 2014 at 5:13 pm

      The Nigerian Army, being mainly Muslim, is probably allied with Boko Haram anyway.

  22. Screeminmeeme says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 9:50 am

    I believe that Obama’s been waging his own jihad against American since he slithered into the Oval Office on Jan 20, 2009 and symbolically raised the Islamic flag. Since that day in infamy, he has been working to expedite the re-establishment of the caliphate while trying to destroy the one country that can prevent it.

    If he forces al-Asaad out, it will be just another step toward his goal.

  23. Sue Berryhill says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    What is Obama doing to even consider interfering in the internal affairs of another country? We’ve done enough of that, with horrible results. He says he wants ISIS defeated, but his actions speak differently.

  24. R Davis says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    OBAMA is toying with the idea that he will remove Assad & create an Islamic State.
    Do you really believe that –
    OBAMA OR THE U.S. FOR THAT MATTER – actually have that power (?)
    It is with the consultation & consensuses of the Middle East that things like this happen –
    NOT BY U.S. DECREE
    THEY OWN THE OIL REMEMBER.
    Oh they pretend – the Middle Eastern Leaders pretend for all they are worth – but nothing happens without their say so.
    The warring to to keep their people under control
    The Middle Eastern leaders do not have to play up to their citizens because they need to collect taxes
    They control the oil & gas supplies – the only way to hang on to that control is to keep the Middle East in a constant & continuous chaos – hence the war zone.

  25. R Davis says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    It will be interesting to see what changes are made / come into being, when it is found out that the oil & gas have all but run out & that the Royal philanderers have squandered the wealth on ridiculous & outrageous developments like DUBAI.

  26. Uncle Vladdi says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 10:49 pm

    CLEARLY, OBAMA IS STILL INTENT ON STARTING WWIII, NOW WITH GOP HELP!

  27. Beatrix17 says

    Nov 16, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    Obama should have taken action against Assad a long time ago. He didn’t. Turkey did, probably accidentally creating ISIS in the process. Now Obamas has to get rid of both of them.

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